What to expect during the holidays at Walt Disney World Resort

What to expect during the holidays at Walt Disney World Resort

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Walt Disney World plans to show the Christmas spirit like you've never seen before. See some of the activities guests will experience during the holidays.

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On select evenings in November and December, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party gives guests the chance to experience special holiday festivities, including the spectacular fireworks extravaganza, "Holiday Wishes: Celebrate the Spirit of the Season." This enchanting after-hours party takes place inside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort.

PHOTO: Disney

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Ice Castle: Shimmering lights illuminate Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom during the holidays. The Magic Kingdom icon is bathed in more than 200,000 tiny white lights that add a special sparkle to the season.

PHOTO: Disney/Gene Duncan

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Mickey Mouse welcomes guests to celebrate the holiday season during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party on select nights in November and December at Magic Kingdom. This after-hours party features a sleigh full of merriment, including an enchanting Cinderella Castle shimmering with Castle Dream Lights.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

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Christmas Cookie Cavalcade: Life-size gingerbread men spread holiday cheer during "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade," a festive offering during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

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Mickey Mouse presides over the holiday festivities during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. The celebration will showcase special entertainment, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" and a holiday edition of the fireworks spectacular "Wishes," as well as meet-and-greet opportunities with favorite Disney characters in holiday attire.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

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Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party gives guests the chance to experience exclusive special holiday entertainment, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade."

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

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Donald and Daisy Duck spread holiday cheer during "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade," a magical entertainment offering during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

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For the holiday season, Jungle Cruise transforms into 'Jingle Cruise' for Magic Kingdom guests with festive decor in the attraction queue and boathouse, holiday names for the Jungle Cruise boats and a slew of seasonal jokes from the Skippers to their passengers.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

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SHALL WE DANCE?: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights sparkle with a display of millions of colorful lights and animated displays at Disney's Hollywood Studios during the holiday season.

PHOTO: Disney/David Roark

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Santa Goofy joins the fun during The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Making nightly appearances on the Streets of America, this jovial character greets guests in Goofy's Winter Wonderland.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

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The giant Christmas tree at Epcot, seen glistening in front of the iconic Spaceship Earth attraction, is the centerpiece of the holiday celebration. It's all part of the park's annual "Holidays Around the World" celebration, in which international traditions of the season unfold all throughout World Showcase.

PHOTO: Disney/Garth Vaughan

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Presented in the America Gardens Theatre at Epcot, Candlelight Processional a Disney tradition that features the joyous retelling of the Christmas story by a celebrity narrator, accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a glorious mass choir. Show times are at 5, 6:45 and 8:15 p.m.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

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Neil Patrick Harris, the Emmy Award-nominated star of the hit television series "How I Met Your Mother," is a guest narrator for the Candlelight Processional at Epcot.

PHOTO: Disney/Garth Vaughan

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Holidays are magical aboard the Disney Fantasy with a nearly three-deck tall tree in the atrium lobby. In the spirit of holiday cheer, Disney Cruise Line adds sparkle to each ship during Very Merrytime Cruises, with special stem-to-stern holiday events, traditional "turkey day" fanfare, Christmas feasts, "snow flurries" and New Year's Eve galas.

PHOTO: Disney/Ali Nasser

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The holidays take on the tropics at Disney's private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay, with "snow flurries," a decked-out Christmas tree, Disney character meet-and-greets and holiday island music.

PHOTO: Disney

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Nightly beginning Nov. 5 in the Magic Kingdom, Anna and Elsa from "Frozen" will appear in a new show on the Forecourt Stage in front of Cinderella Castle in the heart of the park, as Queen Elsa uses her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace for the holidays. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf also will join the festive procession "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" along with a flurry of skaters, skiers and ice cutters from the Kingdom of Arendelle. The parade is offered during the special-ticket Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, select nights November 7 - December 19, and each afternoon for park guests Dec. 20-31.

PHOTO: Disney/David Roark

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A Walt Disney World Resort guest makes a snow angel in the snow play area in Wandering Oaken's Trading Post at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Inspired by "Frozen" and the little log cabin in the mountains, Wandering Oaken's invites guests to shop for specialty merchandise and tasty treats and enjoy a large play area with real snow.

Walt Disney World plans to show the Christmas spirit like you've never seen before. See some of the activities guests will experience during the holidays.

On select evenings in November and December, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party gives guests the chance to experience special holiday festivities, including the spectacular fireworks extravaganza, "Holiday Wishes: Celebrate the Spirit of the Season." This enchanting after-hours party takes place inside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort.

PHOTO: Disney

Ice Castle: Shimmering lights illuminate Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom during the holidays. The Magic Kingdom icon is bathed in more than 200,000 tiny white lights that add a special sparkle to the season.

PHOTO: Disney/Gene Duncan

Mickey Mouse welcomes guests to celebrate the holiday season during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party on select nights in November and December at Magic Kingdom. This after-hours party features a sleigh full of merriment, including an enchanting Cinderella Castle shimmering with Castle Dream Lights.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Christmas Cookie Cavalcade: Life-size gingerbread men spread holiday cheer during "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade," a festive offering during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Mickey Mouse presides over the holiday festivities during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. The celebration will showcase special entertainment, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" and a holiday edition of the fireworks spectacular "Wishes," as well as meet-and-greet opportunities with favorite Disney characters in holiday attire.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party gives guests the chance to experience exclusive special holiday entertainment, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade."

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Donald and Daisy Duck spread holiday cheer during "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade," a magical entertainment offering during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

For the holiday season, Jungle Cruise transforms into 'Jingle Cruise' for Magic Kingdom guests with festive decor in the attraction queue and boathouse, holiday names for the Jungle Cruise boats and a slew of seasonal jokes from the Skippers to their passengers.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

SHALL WE DANCE?: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights sparkle with a display of millions of colorful lights and animated displays at Disney's Hollywood Studios during the holiday season.

PHOTO: Disney/David Roark

Santa Goofy joins the fun during The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Making nightly appearances on the Streets of America, this jovial character greets guests in Goofy's Winter Wonderland.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

The giant Christmas tree at Epcot, seen glistening in front of the iconic Spaceship Earth attraction, is the centerpiece of the holiday celebration. It's all part of the park's annual "Holidays Around the World" celebration, in which international traditions of the season unfold all throughout World Showcase.

PHOTO: Disney/Garth Vaughan

Presented in the America Gardens Theatre at Epcot, Candlelight Processional a Disney tradition that features the joyous retelling of the Christmas story by a celebrity narrator, accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a glorious mass choir. Show times are at 5, 6:45 and 8:15 p.m.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

Neil Patrick Harris, the Emmy Award-nominated star of the hit television series "How I Met Your Mother," is a guest narrator for the Candlelight Processional at Epcot.

PHOTO: Disney/Garth Vaughan

Holidays are magical aboard the Disney Fantasy with a nearly three-deck tall tree in the atrium lobby. In the spirit of holiday cheer, Disney Cruise Line adds sparkle to each ship during Very Merrytime Cruises, with special stem-to-stern holiday events, traditional "turkey day" fanfare, Christmas feasts, "snow flurries" and New Year's Eve galas.

PHOTO: Disney/Ali Nasser

The holidays take on the tropics at Disney's private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay, with "snow flurries," a decked-out Christmas tree, Disney character meet-and-greets and holiday island music.

PHOTO: Disney

Nightly beginning Nov. 5 in the Magic Kingdom, Anna and Elsa from "Frozen" will appear in a new show on the Forecourt Stage in front of Cinderella Castle in the heart of the park, as Queen Elsa uses her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace for the holidays. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf also will join the festive procession "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" along with a flurry of skaters, skiers and ice cutters from the Kingdom of Arendelle. The parade is offered during the special-ticket Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, select nights November 7 - December 19, and each afternoon for park guests Dec. 20-31.

PHOTO: Disney/David Roark

A Walt Disney World Resort guest makes a snow angel in the snow play area in Wandering Oaken's Trading Post at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Inspired by "Frozen" and the little log cabin in the mountains, Wandering Oaken's invites guests to shop for specialty merchandise and tasty treats and enjoy a large play area with real snow.

Walt Disney World plans to show the Christmas spirit like you've never seen before. See some of the activities guests will experience during the holidays.

On select evenings in November and December, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party gives guests the chance to experience special holiday festivities, including the spectacular fireworks extravaganza, "Holiday Wishes: Celebrate the Spirit of the Season." This enchanting after-hours party takes place inside the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort.

PHOTO: Disney

Ice Castle: Shimmering lights illuminate Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom during the holidays. The Magic Kingdom icon is bathed in more than 200,000 tiny white lights that add a special sparkle to the season.

PHOTO: Disney/Gene Duncan

Mickey Mouse welcomes guests to celebrate the holiday season during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party on select nights in November and December at Magic Kingdom. This after-hours party features a sleigh full of merriment, including an enchanting Cinderella Castle shimmering with Castle Dream Lights.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Christmas Cookie Cavalcade: Life-size gingerbread men spread holiday cheer during "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade," a festive offering during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Mickey Mouse presides over the holiday festivities during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. The celebration will showcase special entertainment, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" and a holiday edition of the fireworks spectacular "Wishes," as well as meet-and-greet opportunities with favorite Disney characters in holiday attire.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party gives guests the chance to experience exclusive special holiday entertainment, including "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade."

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

Donald and Daisy Duck spread holiday cheer during "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade," a magical entertainment offering during Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

PHOTO: Disney/Matt Stroshane

For the holiday season, Jungle Cruise transforms into 'Jingle Cruise' for Magic Kingdom guests with festive decor in the attraction queue and boathouse, holiday names for the Jungle Cruise boats and a slew of seasonal jokes from the Skippers to their passengers.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

SHALL WE DANCE?: The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights sparkle with a display of millions of colorful lights and animated displays at Disney's Hollywood Studios during the holiday season.

PHOTO: Disney/David Roark

Santa Goofy joins the fun during The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Making nightly appearances on the Streets of America, this jovial character greets guests in Goofy's Winter Wonderland.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

The giant Christmas tree at Epcot, seen glistening in front of the iconic Spaceship Earth attraction, is the centerpiece of the holiday celebration. It's all part of the park's annual "Holidays Around the World" celebration, in which international traditions of the season unfold all throughout World Showcase.

PHOTO: Disney/Garth Vaughan

Presented in the America Gardens Theatre at Epcot, Candlelight Processional a Disney tradition that features the joyous retelling of the Christmas story by a celebrity narrator, accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and a glorious mass choir. Show times are at 5, 6:45 and 8:15 p.m.

PHOTO: Disney/Kent Phillips

Neil Patrick Harris, the Emmy Award-nominated star of the hit television series "How I Met Your Mother," is a guest narrator for the Candlelight Processional at Epcot.

PHOTO: Disney/Garth Vaughan

Holidays are magical aboard the Disney Fantasy with a nearly three-deck tall tree in the atrium lobby. In the spirit of holiday cheer, Disney Cruise Line adds sparkle to each ship during Very Merrytime Cruises, with special stem-to-stern holiday events, traditional "turkey day" fanfare, Christmas feasts, "snow flurries" and New Year's Eve galas.

PHOTO: Disney/Ali Nasser

The holidays take on the tropics at Disney's private island in the Bahamas, Castaway Cay, with "snow flurries," a decked-out Christmas tree, Disney character meet-and-greets and holiday island music.

PHOTO: Disney

Nightly beginning Nov. 5 in the Magic Kingdom, Anna and Elsa from "Frozen" will appear in a new show on the Forecourt Stage in front of Cinderella Castle in the heart of the park, as Queen Elsa uses her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace for the holidays. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf also will join the festive procession "Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade" along with a flurry of skaters, skiers and ice cutters from the Kingdom of Arendelle. The parade is offered during the special-ticket Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, select nights November 7 - December 19, and each afternoon for park guests Dec. 20-31.

PHOTO: Disney/David Roark

A Walt Disney World Resort guest makes a snow angel in the snow play area in Wandering Oaken's Trading Post at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Inspired by "Frozen" and the little log cabin in the mountains, Wandering Oaken's invites guests to shop for specialty merchandise and tasty treats and enjoy a large play area with real snow.